Lara
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Lara
This is an alternative to Laura or Lauren made romantic by Dr Zhivago, and badass by video-game heroine Lara Croft.
In mythology, Lara was a nymph in Ovid's Fasti known for her beauty and inability to keep secrets. As a place name, Lara is a state in Venezuela.
Lara is also given to boys.
Pronounced LAR-uh.
As of October 2026, Lara ranked #693 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #223 in 1969, Nameberry popularity #780.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #821 | 337 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #812 | 345 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #755 | 378 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #762 | 365 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #760 | 359 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #702 | 413 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #709 | 396 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #682 | 426 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #694 | 424 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #731 | 384 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #740 | 379 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #693 | 409 | — | 0 |
World rankings
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Lara on lists
Famous Laras
- Lara Flynn BoyleGirl
American actress
- Lara Catherina StoneGirl
Dutch,English supermodel
- Lara Spencer (born Lara Christine Von Seelen)Girl
American TV news anchor
- Lara BingleGirl
Australian model and reality TV personality
- Lara WollingtonGirl
English actress
- Lara McDonnellGirl
English actress
- Lara Parker (born Mary Lamar Rickey)Girl
American actress
- Lara PulverGirl
English Actress
- Lara Dutta (Bhupathi)Girl
Indian actress and Miss Universe 2000
- Lara CardellaGirl
Italian novelist
- Lara Jill MillerGirl
American voice actress
- Lara FabianGirl
Belgo,Canadian singer
- Lara LoganGirl
American TV journalist
- Lara St. JohnGirl
Canadian violinist
- Lara Veronin aka Lara LiangGirl
lead singer in Taiwanese band Nan Quan Mama
- Lara Yunaska TrumpGirl
wife of businessman Eric Trump; daughter,in,law of President Donald Trump
Lara in pop culture
- Lara CroftGirl
main character in the Tomb Raider video game series
- Lara Jean Song CoveyGirl
main character in "To All the Boys I've Loved Before" series by Jenny Han
- Lara AntipovaGirl
character in Boris Pasternak's "Doctor Zhivago," 1965 movie, and basis for song "Lara's Theme" by Maurice Jarr
- Lara LorGirl
Van, biological mother of Superman
- Lara ButerskayaGirl
character in John Green's "Looking for Alaska".
- LaraGirl
character in Turkish TV series "I Named Her Feriha"
- "LaraGirl
A Tale," poem by Lord Byron
- Lara RajagopalanGirl
member of Katseye
- Lara Lor-VanGirl
Superman's biological mother